The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-14
OLD FATHER puNpER
He Tells a Highly Moral Fairy Story to
His Admirlng Young Friends.

Well, shildren, may pc you like to
hear me talk some more? Ivhas oanly
an oldt Dutchmans. but If l do you
some goot dot vhas all right. guess
| tell you aboudt some badt boy-a
Teller who vas named Shacob Hornber-
ger. and who lif Ply dot Black Forest in
Shermany. Was tell you happened
so long ago dot my grea. grandfather
vhas leedle poy. l hat some peoples
tell me it vhas fairy story, but l doan'
know. Vhell now to pegin,
vonce upon some time a poy named
Shacob Hornberger lif by der Black
Forest nit his parents. Dot poy doan'
lie und stheal, but he vhas cruel in his
mindt. If he sees some odder leedle
poy he likes to hit him init club. und
if he sees some leedle girl he likes to
pinch her und make her yell SO loud as
cannon. Dot vhas pad preenciples,
shildren. If you doan' have some
mercy und sympathy for odder people
you Will some day sthand oop on der
gallows to be hung.
Well, to proceed some more, dot poy
| Shacob vhas tickled all oafer when he
hat some shance to be cruel NIT a dumb
brute. 1t vhas his delight to throw
stones at some dogs, hunt down cats,
und kill off der innocent birds. II he
doan' be cruel to something during der
day he doan' shleep goot at night. Lots
of peoples talk to him und gift him goot
advice, but Shacob vhas no peter
When a poy doan' heed der words of
his parents und friends it vhas bad for
him-werry badt. He vhas on der
| plank roadt to destruction, und he dies
some awful death.
Well, one day Shacob finds a rabbit
nit two proken legs, und he vhas nefer
SO tickled pefore. 1t vhas shance to
pc cruel, und he takes oudt his knife to
torture dot poor rabbit A leetle oldt
man nit hump on his pack und one
white eyebrow comes oudt of der woods
shus den und says:
"Vhas you do, Ell; Shacob? You
doan' be cruel to dot poor rabbit,
hopeP"
II like to skin him alifer' says
Shacob.
"But If you touch him you shall BE-
punished.
| Und now, shildren, vhas you suppose
dot poy didP He jabs dot knife into do
rabbits eyes und laughs ha! ha! ha! t.
hear him cry oudt midi pain. However
he hadt no sooner done dot dan der ole
man makes two signs like dot und says
II turn dot poy into a lean, plint
wolf, und bid him go off init der Blacl
Forest? Dot rabbit vhas all right again!'
Und, shildren, shust like you lif Sha
cob becomes plind wolf, init all hi
ribs plain to be seen, und dot rabbi
goes scampering off on four legs, mi
his eyes as goot as eater. Dot vol
howls init hunger und pain, und Will
he runs he knocks himself oafer lots o
times und vhas paddy used oop. If h
can't see he can't catch something t.
eat, und in little time he goes deadt
If you see some rabbit, shildren, yo1
Will notice how crooked his hindt leg
vhas. Dot vhas because dey vhas pro
ken. You notice some specs in hi
eyes. Dot vhas because he vhas cure
so queek of his blindness. Dot vhas m
story, leedle ones, und like you to re
member it. Der poy who likes to 81
pain to some helpless animal Will com
oop to some badt man. 1t vhas petite
dot our hearts vhas always full of pitt
and mercy, und dot we vhas Away
ready init charity for der unfortunate
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